December 2025: Notable

• This remarkable book about a ‘wild boy’ reveals what makes us human By Becca Rothfeld, The Washington Post, December 11, 2025
• Once a Gamble in the Desert, Electric Grid Batteries Are Everywhere By Ivan Penn, The New York Times, December 5, 2025
• This Is the Story of How the Democrats Blew It on Gaza By Ben Rhodes, The New York Times, December 1, 2025
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November 2025: Notable

• A Different Type of Dementia Is Changing What’s Known About Cognitive Decline By Pam Belluck, The New York Times, November 29, 2025
• Sleep Apnea Linked to Parkinson’s Disease, New Study Finds By Caroline Hopkins Legaspi, The New York Times, November 24, 2025
• American Inertia: Why Can’t New York Fix Penn Station? By Patrick McGeehan, The New York Times, November 12, 2025
• Rise in Kidney Disease Tied to Other Chronic Conditions, Study Finds By Nina Agrawal, The New York Times, November 7, 2025

October 2025: Notable

• How the Interborough Express Could Transform New York By Stefanos Chen, The New York Times, October 31, 2025
•  Got Time and a Boundless Appetite? A Marathon Feast Awaits. By Ligaya Mishan, The New York Times, October 28, 2025
• With ‘Vibecoding,’ A.I. Can Help Anyone Build an App By Lora Kelley, The New York Times, October 24, 2025
• Colin Jost, Pete Davidson and the Staten Island Ferry Fiasco By Steven Kurutz, The New York Times, October 20, 2025
• Liberalism The Economist
• Two infectious-disease experts say this is when you should get covid, flu shots By Lena H. Sun, The Washington Post, October 19, 2025
• The blood pressure secret: everything you need to know to improve yours – and live a longer, healthier life By Phil Daoust, The Guardian, October 19, 2025
• EV owners are using their trucks’ giant batteries to prevent blackouts By Nicolas Rivero, The Washington Post, October 12, 2025
• You asked: What’s the hygiene etiquette on a long flight? By Natalie B. Compton, The Washington Post, October 9, 2025
• How Zohran Mamdani Came to Embrace the Palestinian Cause By Nicholas Fandos, The New York Times, October 9, 2025
• To Steven Pinker, human knowledge is just a game By Becca Rothfeld, The Washington Post, October 4, 2025

September 2025: Notable

• As a Booker prize judge I helped whittle 153 books down to a shortlist of six. Here’s why you should read them By Chris Power, The Guardian, September 23, 2025
• Look to Myanmar for a terrifying vision of a world where authoritarians have unfettered power By  Simon Tisdall, The Guardian, September 21, 2025
• Democrats Cannot Just Buy Back the Working Class By David Paul Kuhn, The New York Times, Sept. 14, 2025
• Major Medical Prizes Given to Cell Biology and Cystic Fibrosis Pioneers By Carl Zimmer and Gina Kolata, The New York Times, September 11, 2025

August 2025: Notable

• Why Thailand’s Politics Are in Constant Crisis By Sui-Lee Wee, The New York Times, Aug. 28, 2025
• You Can Fix Those Annoying Plug Outlets By Tim Heffernan, The New York Times, Aug. 18, 2025
• Why Russia Sold Alaska to the U.S. By Mike Ives, The New York Times, Aug. 16, 2025
• How Liberalism Went to Die on the Texas-Arkansas Border By Thomas B. Edsall, The New York Times, Aug. 12, 2025
• 21 Ways People Are Using A.I. at Work By Larry Buchanan and Francesca Paris, The New York Times, Aug. 11, 2025
• 27 Notes on Growing Old(er) By Ian Leslie, Persuasion, August 4, 2025
• These nuclear reactors fit on a flatbed truck. How safe are they? By Evan Halper, The Washington Post, August 6, 2025
• 80 Years Ago, Nuclear Annihilation Came to Japan By Hannah Beech, The New York Times, August 5, 2025
• The 109-Year-Old Pact That Looms Over European Moves to Recognize a Palestinian State By Mark Landler, The New York Times, August 3, 2025

July 2025: Notable

• Take a Ride On New York City’s Future Train Line By Stefanos Chen, Eden Weingart and Winnie Hu, Photographs and Video by Yuvraj Khanna, The New York Times, July 28, 2025
• This Test Can See a Heart Attack in Your Future By Paula Span, The New York Times, July 26, 2025
• A Pill for Sleep Apnea Could Be on the Horizon By Caroline Hopkins Legaspy, The New York Times, July 23, 2025
• I’m a Genocide Scholar. I Know It When I See It. By Omer Bartov, The New York Times, July 15, 2025
•  Where to find information about flood risk to your home By Rebecca Hersher, NPR, July 12, 2025
• Israeli plan for forced transfer of Gaza’s population ‘a blueprint for crimes against humanity’ By Emma Graham-Harrison, The Guardian, July 7, 2025
• If Zohran Mamdani Wins, Then What? By Ross Barkan, The New York Times, July 9, 2025
• The Gender Gap That Ate the Democrats By Thomas B. Edsall, The New York Times, July 8, 2025
• Nearly Half of America’s Murderers Get Away With It By German Lopez, The New York Times, July 6, 2025
• With Etch a Sketches and Apples, Math Is Revealed By Josh Ocampo, The New York Times, July 1, 2025
• Video Shows Drone Rescuing Stranded Man During Flood in China By Tiffany May and Jiawei Wang, The New York Times, July 1, 2025

June 2025: Notable

• Bowling for Nobels By Steven Strogatz, with illustrations by Jens Mortensen, The New York Times, June 30, 2025
• Let’s Get Packing! By Steven Strogatz, with illustrations by Jens Mortensen, The New York Times, June 23, 2025
• It’s Official: Streaming Is Now the King of TV By John Koblin, The New York Times, June 17, 2025
• Navel Gazing and the Golden Ratio By Steven Strogatz, with illustrations by Jens Mortensen, The New York Times, June 16, 2025
• The Achingly Simple Lesson That Democrats Seem Determined Not to Learn By Michael Hirschorn, The New York Times, June 10, 2025
• Want to lower your risk of dementia? Here’s what the science says. By Leana S. Wen, The Washington Post, June 10, 2025
• Taxicab Geometry By Steven Strogatz, with illustrations by Jens Mortensen, The New York Times, June 9, 2025
• Nervous about using the bathroom at work? A gastroenterologist shares advice. By Trisha Pasricha, The Washington Post, June 2, 2025